Undergarment



W. S. ELDER.

UNDERGARMENT.

Feb. 6, 1923.

FILED MAY 27,1920.

w f /w Patented Feb. lli, l.

WILLAM S. ELDER, OF PHLADELPHA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSGNOR TO JULIS H11-ESE,

UNDERGARMENT.

Application led. May 27,

1o LU ful/tom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, lvl/'rimani S. ELDER, a citizen of the United Sta-tes, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Under-garments, ot' which the following is a specilication.

lily invention relates-to improveme.. s in undergarments, and relates more particularly to the formation oit the shoulder loops 'ot the garment, the object of the invention being to provide a cerJ tain novel and improved method ot'torming the saidshoulder loops and of linishing or trimming the upper portion of the garment, which results in a considerable saring ot material and in a greatly improved article.

ln the attached drawings:

Figure l., illustrates an undergarment made in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2, is a view ot a. portion o'j a garment villustrating a modified torni ot my ini'ention;

Fig. 3, is view olf a portion ot a garment illustrating a further modiiicationl ot -my invention, a, is a fragment-ary section on the line ft-4, Fig. l.

ln the accompanying drawings. l indicates #the upper portion ot the body or" an under- Vgarment,l formed in the presenty instance from a tubular blank of knitted material by cutting away portions at the top to 'form the neck opening 2 and the arm openings 8, 3, these neck and arm openings being such that their lower edges, as clearly illustrated, are in approximate alignment. Extending around the edges ot' the arm openings 3, l have shown, in the present inst-ance, strips of tubing e, t sewed to the body, while similarly secured to the body at the edges ot the neck opening 2 is a continuous strip ot tubing 5, the tree portions ot which extending between the `front and back ot the said body l'orm the shoulder loops 6 oi the ment.

.ln making tais arment, l prefer first to attach the ships l to the edges of the arm openings 3, 3, after which the strip may be attached to the edges of the neck opening and to the tree ends ot the strips It. A draw-string 10 passed through the strip oit tubing 5 and extending through an opening at the front of the garment completes this portion.

The usual method of forming the shoulder loops of garments of this type has been to edges.

termed, it has been customary to have the 1920. Serial No. S.

ends ot the arm strips meet at the lowest point ot the arm openings, the seam thus formed being objectionable, while the said compound saoulder loops are unnecessarily wide and give the garment an unattractive appearance.

l/Vith my improved shoulder loop formation. l not only obtain a more attractive look t, garment and eliminate the objectionable seam under the armpit, butl also. .ucompl'fsh a. substantial sariimu in materials, s saving besides involving the amounts iubing and sewing thread employed, also :appearing in the actual amount ol 1knitted "abricrequired toiform the body oit` the garment. Y v l Th saving in the tubing and in thev sewthread will be apparent, since the amount ot tubing saved in each garment is vequal to a single strip twice the length oi'.l the shoulder loop' itsel't, while .the sewing thread saved .is that which would be employed in sewing the loops ot the compound straps together,

rlihe saving in the material of' the garment itself will be best understood by reference to Figure l of the drawings. ln Figure l, the outer strip ot a compound shoulder loop is illustrated in broken lines, and it will be noticed that with this formation, the V- vshaped. point 7 of the body 1, which lies between the two strips oit tubing below their point o1" juncture at the `trent oit the garment, extends to a point considerably higher than the corresponding portion in the new garment the angle between the strips being acute in the old type garment whereas in the present instance the arm strips 4t oin the neck strip approximately at right angles. This is necessary it it is desired to provide an attractive and well-made garment, since if in the old type the arm tubing were carried in to meet the neck tubing at a lower point, an abrupt bend would result in the said'arm tubing which would lso be both unsightly and poor practice. rlhe tubular blank trom Which the body is termed must be long enough to cover the entire length of the garment from the bottoni to the topmost point, and it will thus be seen that in garment of the new type otany speciiticed length, the blank required will not have to be so long as in a garment of the same length oi" the old style. A still further saying in the material ot the body can be realized by extending the length of the shoulder ioops, this, in the present garment, being possible Without spoiling the appe rance or the garment, as Would be the case were the old 'term et shoulder loop equally lengthened.

ln Figure 2, l have shown a modified form in which instead. ot the tubing i extending around the edges ci the arm openings ot the garment, show the edges trimmed with a shell stitch lib.

llt will be clear that many forms oiV trimming other than tubing be employed with no departure from the invention, although tubing is preferred lending itself exceptionaliy Well to the use of the drawstring at the neclrn Thus, for example, as shown in Fig. 3j l may use instead of the tubing 6, Vopen lace-Work trimming l1 through which may be passed a ribbon l2 to be used as a draw-string ir desired. lt is further brought out that as regards the edges ot' the arm openings a much Wider latitude prevails in the choice of trimming than in the neck opening, and in tact it is only necessary that the edges of the said arm openings be iinished in such a manner as to prevent nnraveling of the material of the body.

l claim:

l. A garment comprising` a body portion having neck and arm openings at the top thereo'lr the lower edges of which openings are in approximate alignment, a trimming immovabiy fastened to and along the edges et the neclr opening and having free portions extending between the 'front and back of the body to 'constitute shoulder loops, the edge of said arm openings being finished to prevent raveling and the iinishing material terminating in and joining the triniinins approximately at right angles thereto, substantially as described.

2. A garment having neck and arm openings at the top thereof the lower edges of iviich openings are in approximate alignment, a trimming immovably `fastened` to along the edges of said neck opening and having portions thereoi" extending between the iront and back et the garment, and constituting shoulder loops, the edges et said arm openings being suitably finished to prevent raveling with the finishing material terminating in the said trimming at the bases of the respective shoulder loops, and a draw string carried by the said trimming.

A garment comprising a portion having neel?- and arm openings at the top thereot the lower edges of which openings are in approximate alignment, a trimming iinmovably fastened to and along the edges ot the neck opening and having iree portions extending between the front and back of the body te constitute shoulder loops, a draw string carried by the trimming. and. the edges oi said arm openings being finished to prevent raveling, the `finishing` material terminating in and joining the neck trimming approximately at right angles thereto, substantially as described.

v lllLLllAlid S. ELDER. 

